adjective subsequent, last (opp. pubba) Thag.202; Iti.18; Ja.v.120
■ acarima not later (apubba ac˚ simultaneously) DN.i.185; MN.iii.65; Pp.13.

• -bhava the last rebirth (in Saṃsāra, with ref. to Arahantship) Thag-a.260, cp. caramabhavika in Divy (freq. & next.

Vedic carama, Gr. τέλος end, πάλαι a long time (ago)